Assemblywoman, neighborhood organizer + democratic socialist, representing Greenpoint + Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Tweets by Emily + team!
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY
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Beautiful, democratically-controlled, permanently affordable housing for all isn’t a pipe dream: it’s social housing, and I’m fighting to bring it NY.
We can have housing that allows people to live with dignity and supports our climate goals. But we have to organize for it.
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🧵Every month or so, I get a call from someone wanting to know what I’m going to do about crime. Often what is being talked about is homelessness. Homelessness is a crime committed by our society, not by people who do not have a house.
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One of the biggest problems in the U.S. is we rarely include white collar crime in our “tough on crime” rhetoric, but it is in fact white collar crime that is destroying our country.
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I just returned from Rikers Island where a group of elected officials exercised our legal right to inspect correctional facilities. What I witnessed was a humanitarian crisis. A horror house of abuse and neglect. I'll share more soon but for now my message is simple: decarcerate.
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Mahmoud Khalil is a legal resident, with an American citizen wife and infant. To be deported—much less to a country he has no connection to—for nonviolent protest against a genocide isn’t just un-American, it’s unhinged.
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/imm…
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The detention of Mahmoud Khalil—a green card holder and @Columbia grad student—is horrific. Protesting genocide isn't a crime, and you can't detain someone and revoke their legal status because you don't like their speech. That's not my opinion, it's central to the rule of law. dropsitenews.com/p/dhs-detai…
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A reporter from Paris just interviewed me, and asked, “in a Rikers, did you feel ashamed?” I found myself suddenly on the verge of tears. Finally I had clarity on how I feel. I am ashamed. We are collectively detached from the suffering of our most vulnerable, intentionally.
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🧵 I want to share more about what I witnessed at Rikers Island yesterday. We broke into groups to inspect different parts of the sprawling facility. I spent several hours at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center.
I just returned from Rikers Island where a group of elected officials exercised our legal right to inspect correctional facilities. What I witnessed was a humanitarian crisis. A horror house of abuse and neglect. I'll share more soon but for now my message is simple: decarcerate.
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The Times Union is the paper of record in Albany. The paper's editorial board had a front row seat to observe Cuomo's leadership over 10.5 years.
When they tell us not to rank him, we should believe them.
timesunion.com/opinion/artic…
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I am devastated to share that my dear friend Ryan Carson, who worked for NYPIRG and created the advocacy organization “No OD NY”, was murdered last night. I met Ryan many years ago through the DIY punk scene and he has been a trusted friend in Albany and at home. I miss him.
ALT Photo by Claire Donato
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As Mayor, Bloomberg cut funding for HIV prevention at a time when new infections were increasing among young men of color.
He also hosted the 2004 RNC when Bush was running for re-election on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
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Oil and fracked gas lobbyists are taking advantage of the Ukraine crisis, sending memos to legislators demanding more domestic fossil fuel production. This is dead wrong.
We're witnessing a war driven by the politics of fossil fuels. We need renewable energy, everywhere, now.
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Meanwhile, a friend sent this pic from Broadway Junction yesterday. Seems like we may have a resource allocation problem here…
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It is clear to me that the core of our fundamental problems are: poor treatment and pay of workers, bad & unaffordable housing, bad & unaffordable healthcare. But the biggest problem is that we don’t work collectively— our societal priority is to keep the wealthy comfortable.
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The first Muslims in New York City came here in 1633. Muslims have been here before the United States of America existed and have always been a part of the culture of New York City. The United States has no official religion because it’s always had all religions. (So shut up!)
In the final stretch of his campaign, @ZohranKMamdani finally admits what the purpose of his campaign for mayor of NYC is:
To advance the presence of Muslims in America.
Muslims will never be treated the same as every other American, and they never should be, because by practicing Islam, they are inherently UN AMERICAN.
You can’t practice Sharia Law and also be an American.
There’s 56 countries you can go live in if you’re a Muslim and you want to force your way of life on others.
We need less Muslims in America, not more.
In fact, Islam should be banned in America.
These people have abused our legal system for far too long to assert themselves as equals in our country, and we should not comply.
We should make these people feel very unwelcome. The same way they make non-Muslims feel in their own countries.
Intolerance keeps you safe.
I have zero tolerance.
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Here's what we can do:
1. Pressure DAs to stop asking for cash bail and consigning people who haven't been convicted to this horror house
2. @NYCMayor must use his power to release people rapidly
3. @GovKathyHochul should immediately sign the Less is More legislation
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All this to say, throwing people in jail when they need housing, resources or healthcare is not our answer. But the answer will take time. Impatience and intolerance of momentary discomfort are the enemies of progress.
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Touring Karl Marx Hof, an enormous public housing complex where you can live if you apply and make less than 3K a month. The lease is -permanent- no matter if your income, and you can switch units. Kindergarten, library, bike storage, parking and gardens included. #WhenInWien
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as a legislator, my job is to bring resources to the community and work to understand & fix our problems. How do we fix our systems to prevent suffering for all? These fixes will never be instant. Our problems are so tangled together they become hard to see.
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I am not a cop. My job is to create long term solutions through legislation, community support, and thoughtful engagement with our problems. If we all agree that our system is broken, it will take patience and time to fix. It will require new attitudes. It requires empathy.
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Divesting NYC's public pension funds from Israel is morally correct and economically sound.
The world is retreating from Israel after 2+ years of genocide. Moody's just downgraded their bond score to negative—these are not sound investments by any measure.
CM Chi Ossé and AM Claire Valdez join a picket outside David Dinkins Municipal Building targeting incoming Comptroller Mark Levine. “Hey hey, ho ho Israel bonds have got to go!”
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Just a reminder—Andrew Cuomo is a bully and a sex pest. NYC is still digging its way out of the problems caused by his petty, vindictive budget cuts and feuds. No NYC resident should rank him for mayor.
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Sexual harassment by the governor is not only reprehensible because it is demeaning and gross. It’s also because your taxes are used to pay out the damages— we collectively deserve better.
NY to pay $450k to Andrew Cuomo assistant who alleged then-governor groped her
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Thinking today about how the greatest transit mind in the world, Andy Byford, quit working for the MTA because Andrew Cuomo wouldn’t stop micromanaging & abusing him. newyorker.com/news/daily-com…
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The Mayor, NYPD and much of the corporate media are desperately trying to manufacture reasons that this isn’t exactly what it looks like: young people protesting an immoral war.
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To be clear this feeling isn’t limited to Rikers. It’s also how we treat the homeless, those with physical or psychological differences or needs, those who are recovering from trauma, substance abuse and more. Our culture is so often pro-isolation, and it exacerbates pain.
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That’s a bike lock.
Deputy Commissioner Tarik Sheppard shows the chains used to secure Hamilton Hall at Columbia University.
"This is not what students bring to school. This is what professionals bring to campuses and universities."
Community note
Misleading: The post suggests that students wouldn't typically bring in that chain. However, it's actually a Kryptonite bike lock, sold at a discount by Columbia University.
publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/crime-…
amazon.com/Kryptonite-Noo
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We deserve a new mayor. A mayor who cuts education, library budgets, and parks, who surrounds himself with criminals and alleged corruption up to the very top, does not deserve our trust. (1/2)
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More than 80% of jobs in Brooklyn pay less than the minimum eligible salary ($81,258/year) to qualify for these units.
Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 127 Units in Greenpoint, Starting at $2,370 a Month brownstoner.com/real-estate-…
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It is illegal for the police to interrogate you about your political beliefs.
If you're asked any question about your views on Black Lives Matter or antifa or anything else, do not answer.
And write down everything they asked when you get out. univision.com/local/nueva-yo…
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I thought canceling congestion pricing was supposed to fix this.
Biden faces competitive presidential race in deep blue New York, a state not won by a republican since 1984
Officials, union leaders, and consultants are alarmed by polls showing his support eroding, urging the president to pour resources into the state
politico.com/news/2024/07/10…
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I can't believe I am writing this but it's official: we won.
This was a collective and truly grassroots campaign, powered by a deep love for North Brooklyn and a desire to make it better.
Thank you so much for believing in me, against all the odds.
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A year ago, New York was staring down a $15 billion budget deficit with a (thankfully former) Governor and his buddies saying we'd destroy the state if we raised taxes on the wealthy.
We did anyway. The rich haven't fled. And combined with federal aid, we now have a surplus.
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Tell me again how Zohran is unfit to be mayor, please.
Four high-ranking ex-NYPD chiefs are suing Mayor Adams, claiming they were forced to retire from the department after complaining his “unqualified” friends were being placed in prestigious posts, sometimes after allegedly bribing their way into the jobs. nydailynews.com/2025/07/08/e…
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It was your calls, e-mails, texts, posts and rallies that changed Gov. Hochul's "indefinite pause" of congestion pricing to simply "a pause" in two days.
And it's what kept the legislature from bailing her out of this madness.
Keep it up.
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On "Election Day" in June, I was down 10 points. A whole month later, when they finally counted the absentees, I won. In the interim, people kept telling me they were sorry I lost. It was very emotionally confusing.
Anyway, #CountTheVotes and then let's fix this broken system!
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.@GovKathyHochul's new and improved plan for NYC subways:
✅ Crumbling infrastructure
✅ Slower trains
✅ Indefinite delays to expanding service
✅ National Guard troops to impress Fox News
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OBCC is where people are taken to be processed and wait for a hearing. People are supposed to be in and out within 24 hours.
I met people who had been there for 3 months. No contact with family. Overcrowded. No air conditioning.
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One of the officers told me, "At this point we are on the prisoners' side. We are all forgotten. We live here too. Triple shift by triple shift.”
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Most of the people I met were not at Rikers for serious allegations. One got into a fist fight at a barbecue. Many had accidentally made a small technical violation of their parole.
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Reports from tenants of raw sewage flooding a building in our district. This issue is known to the owners and management—it happened before just a few months ago. Who's the owner? Hard to say, since it's an anonymous LLC. We are working with the tenants to get accountability.
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1. You are from Maryland & a gentrifier
2. You seemingly know nothing about policy, infrastructure, or how the government works
3. You know nothing about me, my history, or what my financial situation is. Before being elected I worked 3 jobs.
4. Learn some history about cycling
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This is terrifying.
We have entered a new phase of fascism when masked agents arrest elected officials and people who are complying with the law to attend court hearings.
Brad was asking to see a warrant and a badge. That's what the masked gestapo arrested him for.
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New York State's housing agency currently has a four-year backlog for investigating illegal rent overcharges at stabilized apartments.
That's the tweet.
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There's garbage everywhere, rotting food with maggots, cockroaches, worms in the showers, human feces and piss. Most of the toilets are broken so men are given plastic bags to relieve themselves in.
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In all seriousness, why does this Mayor hate libraries so much?
Mayor Adams and his advisers confirm the executive budget doesn't reverse any of the $58.3 million in library cuts.
Library leaders say this will result in elimination of universal six-day library service in NYC and other program cuts.
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Men were calling out phone numbers to me, saying things like, “Please call my grandma and tell her where I am!” Or would burst into tears and say “I’ve been praying you would come! Save us! We are going to die!”
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Tell me again we can’t tax the rich. 🤑
Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg
thecity.nyc/2025/11/06/cuomo…
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I am totally overwhelmed by what I saw.
Today I'm calling grandmas, moms, girlfriends and wives of these men to tell them what's going on.
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🧵Sending support and love to my friends in Astoria @tiffany_caban & @ZohranKMamdani. Because they proposed community based solutions to public safety, their offices have gotten so many death threats and violent messages that they have had to shut down their phone lines.
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IDK who needs to hear this, but there's a leadership lesson in the congestion pricing saga. Sometimes you just have to do the right thing, even when the polling isn't good. That's why it's called "leadership."
A new poll released Monday from Siena College found that more New York City residents approve of congestion pricing than don't, a dramatic turnaround from a previous poll by the same firm back in December. buff.ly/8R8p5BK
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“London, Milan, Stockholm, and Singapore have all implemented similar plans with great success. In New York City, the idea stalled for 60 years until we got it done.” - @GovKathyHochul, last month
Gov. Hochul, touting congestion pricing two and a half weeks ago at the Global Economic Summit in Ireland:
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I was told by many people being held there that they're given a single meal a day, and even that has to be demanded and begged for. Everyone was thirsty and had limited access to water.
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There's a lot of serious mental illness and many hadn't been given their prescription medication for months.
I met multiple men with broken hands and legs that were not being treated.
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The prisoners (who have not actually been convicted of any crime, mind you) get maced regularly. For talking too much. For congregating. For anything really.
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They were confident these charges would be dismissed once they had a hearing but the hearing date passed and no one came to get them for it.
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The vast majority of NYC students walk or use mass transit to get to school. They deserve a safe, functional MTA—which requires the capital investments that congestion pricing will provide.
Disappointing + short-sighted for UFT's leadership to do this at the last minute.
Today, our union, along with teachers who work at schools in Manhattan and the Bronx as well as Staten Island Borough President @SIBPVito, filed a federal lawsuit asking the court to halt the implementation of congestion pricing in Manhattan.
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"Hochul’s about-face...is one of the most cowardly and craven collapses of political courage New Yorkers have had the misfortune to witness. It’s breathtaking and downright unseemly." nydailynews.com/2024/06/06/h…
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The Tenement House Act of 1879 is why we require windows… it helps to prevent infectious diseases from spreading, and helps lessen the impact of interior pollutants like stoves. Wonder if those issues are relevant today! 🤔
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While one man was begging me to hug him through bars and weeping, around the corner another man yelled to my colleague, "Miss, look at me” and turned to see a man jump into a noose he made out of a sheet.
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100,000 jobs gone. $16.5 billion in subway upgrades vanished. @GovKathyHochul’s cancellation of congestion pricing is an unmitigated disaster.
There’s no political upside for her—only grave consequences for the New Yorkers she was elected to serve.
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The ratio of guards to incarcerated people is something like 7 to 3. The officers hate the conditions too and are doing sick outs or just don't show up at all. The people who do report to work end up having to work 18-24 hour shifts.
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It is wholly revealing how violent, and how focused on punishment and retribution, the status quo of society is. To even suggest people use a variety of strategies to solve community conflict is met with vitriol and violence. Our culture knows nothing more than an eye for an eye
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Hey @dunkindonuts. Your delivery truck not only exceeds the legal length limit on NYC streets, it's also totally obstructing a busy crosswalk at Manhattan & Bedford Ave in Greenpoint.
Surely there's a better way to refill the pumpkin spice reserves in dense urban areas...
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Not only that, we don't even know *how* the Governor plans to circumvent NYS law with this indefinite delay. Has she identified some new executive power? Is she pushing the legislature to include it in a last minute 'big ugly' bill? Your guess is as good as mine.
Assembly Member Emily Gallagher said at a press conference just now that there was no communication from Governor Hochul's office about her decision to delay congestion pricing, that legislators found out through the press
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🧵I’m thrilled to share that last night @NYSA_Majority passed the LLC Transparency Act. Once @GovKathyHochul signs this legislation, it will create the first public beneficial ownership database in the US— something already common in the EU.
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With a broken heart I share this news, knowing that all in the environmental advocacy world are already grieving. Ryan was also an accomplished poet, a deep, sensitive thinker and a whole lot of fun. I love you. archive.ph/2023.10.02-215322…
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In Vienna “non profit” housing, all profits have to be reinvested in building non profit housing, not in wealth or shareholder profit. Social housing Tenants are not allowed to pay more than 1/3 income in rent. Even in “for profit” housing, there is permanent rent control.
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Let’s not lose the plot—we are watching a violent, anti-immigrant campaign carried out by an administration that has repeatedly invited speakers who give Nazi salutes on stage. There is no way to claim in good faith that this is about protecting Jewish people.
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A reminder that free libraries and free postal service have been around since Ben Franklin implemented them. Trump is already gutting our public goods—we don’t need a mayor who would do that too.
The Cuomo campaign reportedly asked public library union leaders in a recent meeting if they'd considered *charging a fee* for library services, alarming some library workers.
Asked about the incident, a Cuomo spokesperson blamed a campaign volunteer.
hellgatenyc.com/cuomo-librar…
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I’m driving on the thruway back to NYC. I just heard a rest stop employee on the phone with her daughter explaining that she can’t leave work, even tho all of her children have COVID. She’s sending them a pizza. Her job is to make sandwiches here. Is THIS the society we want?
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So odd that the heiress of one of the city’s wealthiest families doesn’t seem to understand the sociology of social insecurity and its connection to crime.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch starts the Citizens Budget Commission breakfast saying “In my opinion crime went up as a result of the drastic changes being made in our criminal justice laws in New York state, not as a result of the pandemic.”
(i.e. bail, discovery, speedy trial)
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Quite surprised when a @FDNY fire truck from engine 146 just used their loudspeaker to boo me as they drove by because their colleague is running against me. Doesn’t seem legal? Nor professional.
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Because of the lack of security, everyone's scared their going to be injured or killed. Most people have fashioned some kind of homemade weapon to defend themselves.
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Be serious: When Andrew Cuomo loses the mayoral race, do you think he will continue to live in NYC?
Even his supporters know the answer is probably not.
He doesn't know NYC, he doesn't like NYC, and he isn't invested in our long-term well-being as a city.
Vote accordingly.
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It would be great if we could come up with $1 billion in the final day of the legislative session for the Housing Access Voucher Program instead of bailing out an irresponsible Governor who cratered a nation-leading climate policy weeks before implementation.
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We cannot allow this disaster to come to New York. nitter.app/ZachWritesStuff/status…
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If @GovKathyHochul actually believed her congestion pricing betrayal was popular, you’d think she’d be out there bragging about it. Instead she’s hiding.
Gov. Hochul, per her just released public schedule, has no public events scheduled for tomorrow (Friday) at this time.
She has not taken any questions on her congestion pricing about face since she unveiled it Wednesday.
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A corny attitude is not real charisma, not when he's actively harming everyone in our city. The good news is we don’t have to wait— the mayor should resign.
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Exclusionary, single-family zoning is a legacy of Jim Crow, and suburban zoning reform is necessary for racial justice and the environmental sustainability. I support the Governor’s efforts to promote denser housing construction in the suburbs along transit routes.
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Fresh numbers from the scanners, with all the usual caveats.
With the in-person vote include, we're now ahead by 265. And our lead is growing.
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Ryan was the kindest, funniest, and hardest working man in advocacy. He and I bonded because our friends died in the opioid epidemic, & we struggled to make good out of our grief. He put his whole heart into making the world a safer place for all people.
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The canners are NYC heroes! They help keep our city clean and ensure our redemption rate stays around 70%.
We can support them by passing the Better Bottle Bill this session.
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This budget! 😭. This could have been very easy. We had a surplus, a super majority, and generally agreed on the executive budget. Instead we are a week late, & the Gov seems set on ignoring or actively harming our most vulnerable while we are still in a pandemic. It’s not ok.
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Tl;Dr—this is bad policy.
NEWS: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is reviving her push to restrict the wearing of masks in public, urging lawmakers in state budget talks to bring back some form of a previous ban, @Gothamist has learned.
By me and @JonCampbellNY -->
gothamist.com/news/gov-hochu…
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I cannot sit idly by while my government supports the collective punishment of civilians. As Gaza plunged into darkness last night, I joined @jvpliveNY, fellow elected officials and thousands of New Yorkers to demand a #CeasefireNOW.
ALT (Clockwise from top left) Councilmember Sandy Nurse, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, Senator Robert Jackson, Senator Julia Salazar, Assemblymember Emily Gallagher, Senator Jabari Brisport
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Last night a 76-year-old was struck by a speeding driver on Ocean Pkwy, severing both his legs. He bled out on the street.
I don't know if lowering the speed limit would've prevented his death. But I do know NYC needs the ability to try. Sammy's Law now. nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc…
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Today I officially begin as the new Assembly Member for the 50th district. I’m humbled by the faith you’ve put in me and the enormity of the challenges that lie ahead. I’m ready to fight for a New York where everyone can live with dignity. Happy New Year!
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Millionaire migration is a myth.
After we increased personal income tax rates on millionaires, New York’s millionaire population grew by 21.1%. #TaxTheRich
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